July 19, 1868

Hope in Hopeless Cases   “Bring him hither to me.” — Matthew 17:17.   OUR real text will be the entire narrative, but as it seems necessary to select some one sentence, we have chosen that before us as the true hinge of the story.      The kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, while on earth, was so extensive as …

Matthew:17:17

July 12, 1868

Working Out What is Worked In   “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” — Philippians 2:12-13.   I HAVE frequently heard these words addressed to an indiscriminate audience, and it has always struck me that they have thereby …

Philippians:2:12-13

July 5, 1868

The Minstrelsy of Hope   “God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us.”— Psalm 67:6-7.   “GOD, even our own God.” What an exceedingly sweet title! What a loveliness and liveliness of heart must have been in the man who first applied that endearing name to the God of Jacob! Though it be thousands of …

Psalms:67:6-7

June 28, 1868

The Pleiads and Orion   “Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?” — Job 38:31.   MOST of you know that singularly beautiful cluster of stars called the Pleiades — very small, but intensely bright. These are most conspicuous about the time of spring, and hence, in poetry, the vernal influences which …

Job:38:31

June 21, 1868

The Widow of Sarepta   “And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarepbath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.” — 1 Kings 17:8-9.   THE prophets taught as much by their doings as by their sayings: they were as truly …

1 Kings:17:8-9

June 14, 1868

Daniel's Undaunted Courage   “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber towards Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.”—Daniel 6:10.    DANIEL had been exalted to very great worldly …

Daniel:6:10

June 7, 1868

Life by Faith   “The just shall live by faith.” — Galatians 3:11.   THE apostle quotes from the Old Testament, from the second chapter of Habakkuk, at the fourth verse, and thus confirms one inspired statement by another. Even the just are not justified by their own righteousness, but live by faith; it follows then most conclusively, that …

Galatians:3:11

May 31, 1868

The Wall Daubed with Untempered Mortar   “Because, even because, they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, …

Ezekiel:13:10-12

May 31, 1868

The Priveleged Man   “Then -washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. I decked thee also with …

Ezekiel:16:9-14

May 17, 1868

The Deep-Seated Character of Sin   “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars.” — Jeremiah 17:1.   IN travelling in the East, inscriptions upon the rocks are often met with, which have …

Jeremiah:17:1